Gamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide.

This week's charts, with data taken from September 9th, 2010, find Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep debuting to fast sales in North America, as Wii Party and MonHun Nikki continue to lead multiplatform sales in Japan.

Data for "Saling The World" comes courtesy of the public sales information on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Amazon.co.jp, with sales split out for each platform and territory, and pre-orders disregarded. This results in a true sense of what games are selling worldwide on the real-time updated service, as follows:

Nintendo's New Super Mario Bros. Wii finishes as this week's top domestic seller across all platforms, as Square Enix's PSP RPG Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep beats both the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Madden NFL 11 for third place.

Nintendo's Metroid: Other M drops out of the North American top five after a chart-topping debut last week. Deep Silver's Cursed Mountain enjoys a sudden surge in popularity after a recent price drop, as Just Dance trails Super Mario Galaxy 2 at fifth place.

Wii Party finishes ahead of Metroid: Other M in Japan, while Just Dance beats Super Mario Galaxy 2 as the platform's biggest seller in the UK.

Madden NFL 11 retakes the top Xbox 360 sales spot in North America, with EA's NHL 11 premiering at second place. Modern Warfare 2 and Red Dead Redemption follow at third and fourth, as Mass Effect 2 returns to the top five at fifth place.

Monster Hunter Frontier and a rereleased Bayonetta lead sales in Japan, while a discounted Alan Wake competes with Red Dead Redemption and Mafia II in the UK charts.

Madden NFL 11 and NHL 11 also lead this week's domestic PS3 charts, with God of War III trailing Modern Warfare 2 and Red Dead Redemption at fifth place.

Modern Warfare 2 sees a successful week in Japan as well, in the wake of a recent reprint. Last week's top Japanese seller A.C.E.: Another Century's Episode R falls to fourth place, as Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions sees an impressive first-place chart debut in the UK.

Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty and The Sims 3 remain the biggest PC software sellers in the United States, while the impending debuts of Halo: Reach and Civilization V bring Halo: Combat Evolved and Civilization IV: The Complete Edition back into chart range.

Steins;Gate and Mount & Blade: Warband continue to head sales in Japan, as the Fast Lane Stuff expansion for The Sims 3 rivals Starcraft II for the top chart spot in Europe.

The HeartGold and SoulSilver versions of Pokemon return to the top five in North America after a brief absence, accompanied by Dragon Quest IX, which sees increased sales after a successful PAX event.

Bandai Namco's One Piece: Gigant Battle outsells former chart champions Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side 3rd Story and Eigokoro Kyoushitsu DS in Japan, as a heavily discounted Jam with the Band leads platform sales rankings in the UK.

Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep pushes Valkyria Chronicles II to second place in North American PSP sales, while God of War: Chains of Olympus maintains its lead over Dissidia Final Fantasy and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.

Sega's Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd returns to compete with Capcom's MonHun Nikki in the Japanese top five, as Birth by Sleep sees a successful debut week in the UK.